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06/17/2026

As part of our Pride Celebration at The Brattle, we are eager to present a premiere screening of MACHO DANCER, in a brand new 4K Restoration! Wednesday, June 24th, at 8:30PM.

If you're looking for a socially conscious melodrama with pulp provocation and eroticism, look no further, and come to the screening.

For more info and tickets, visit The Brattle's website: https://brattlefilm.org/film-series/wicked-queer-presents-pride-celebration/

06/16/2026

Continuing our Pride celebration with The Brattle, join us in a 30th anniversary 35mm screening of the beloved British teenage coming-out film, BEAUTIFUL THING.

Wednesday, June 24th, with screenings at 4:30PM and 6:30PM!

Beautiful Thing is a hopeful, happy-ending story about being gay, being working class, and coming out.

For more info and tickets, visit The Brattle's site: https://brattlefilm.org/film-series/wicked-queer-presents-pride-celebration/

06/15/2026

Celebrate Pride with us at The Brattle Theatre! Wicked Q***r is proud to present The Brattle's Pride Celebration! Starting off strong, next Tuesday, June 23rd, at 6PM: A double feature of Desert Hearts and Bound!

This double feature celebrates both the 40th anniversary of Desert Hearts and the 30th anniversary of Bound. If you're looking for hours of le***an romance, this is the screening for you!

For more info and tickets, visit The Brattle's website: https://brattlefilm.org/film-series/wicked-queer-presents-pride-celebration/

06/11/2026

Looking to see Rupaul's greatest trainwreck in herstory, Stop! That! Train! at The Coolidge?

Stop! That! Train! follows best friends Tess (Ginger Minj) and DeeDee (Jujubee), train stewardesses who trade their dreary shifts on the Stank Rail for the glitzy Glamazonian Express. When a catastrophic “Stormaganza” threatens to derail the high-speed train and crash it into Los Angeles, the duo in coach must join forces with the snobby first class attendants (Symone, Brooke Lynn Hytes, Marcia Marcia Marcia) and President Gagwell (RuPaul) to save the day in this wild ride of camp and comedy.

The film opens tomorrow, June 12th.

For $3 off of your ticket, use code STT!626 at checkout: https://coolidge.org/films/stop-train See you there, henny...

06/05/2026

We're proud to co-present an early screening of Hayley Kiyoko's GIRLS LIKE GIRLS (yes, based off of the iconic song)
Tuesday, June 9th, 7:30PM @ Coolidge Corner Theatre

This story follows Coley, 17, from rural Oregon, who is trying to navigate intimacy after her mother's passing. Meeting Sonya sparks new feelings, but self-doubt hinders their connection. Sonya, unfamiliar with dating girls, is uncertain. They learn to embrace emotions.

For more info and tickets, visit: https://focusfeaturesscreenings.com/movie_landing/V1FHTEc%3D

05/30/2026

THIS WEDNESDAY at Dreamland Nantucket: Film For Thought: Lakeview
Jun 3rd, 7PM @ Dreamland Nantucket

Join us for our annual collaboration with Nantucket Pride and Dreamland, featuring "Lakeview," a fan favorite from our festival in April. If you missed our screening, now is the time to see it!

Join outside the main theater for a pop-up cash bar beginning at 6:30pm. This is a one-night-only event presented as part of Pride’s month-long celebration on Nantucket.

For more info and tickets, visit Dreamland's site: https://www.nantucketdreamland.org/events/film-for-thought-lakeview-presented-in-partnership-with-nantucket-pride-and-wicked-queer-film-festival

04/30/2026

As GAYpril comes to a close, we'd like to give a big thank you to everyone who made this year a fabulous 42nd installment of Wicked Q***r. Thank you to our wonderful hosting venues (The Brattle, The MFA, The Somerville Theatre, The Coolidge and BU's Howard Therman Center), ticketing volunteers, our crew, the filmmakers that came out to screenings, and most importantly, YOU, for showing up! Everyone worked together to make this such a fun festival, with tangible community we hope everyone will remember for years to come.

We'll be around; See you in the fall for WQ: DOCS! ❤️

04/26/2026

Screening tomorrow at IFFBoston 2026: "ADAM'S APPLE"

5PM, April 27th, at The Brattle - With director Amy Jenkins in attentance!

An intimate, collaborative documentary told through the dual perspectives of Adam, a transgender teen, and his mother, visual artist Amy Jenkins (INSTRUCTIONS ON PARTING, IFFBoston 2018), that offers an authentic and tender counterpoint to the hostility facing trans youth today. Adam’s journey balances the milestones of gender transition with the rhythms of adolescence. As Adam asserts his identity and steps out into the world, his parents grapple with the challenges of raising a teen while learning to let go. Through a visually poetic approach, the film transforms a deeply personal archive, collected over two decades, into a powerful, joyful testament to the beauty and difficulty of reckoning with profound change.

For more info and tickets, visit IFF's website: https://iffboston.org/series/the-festival/

04/24/2026

TOMORROW at IFF BOSTON! Wicked Q***r is proud to copresent "AS I AM"

12PM - April 25th - The Brattle Theatre - With filmmakers in attendance!

Amir, a 60-year-old Iranian man, arrives in Hingham, Massachusetts, on a tourist visa and rents an Airbnb across the street from the house of Fariborz—an old friend and former comrade from the Iran-Iraq war, now living with his distant wife and young grandson. They haven’t seen each other in over forty years.

Curious and uncertain, Amir begins observing Fariborz’s life from a distance. Suspicions arise, and he is forced to reveal himself, and the two men finally come face to face. What begins as a quiet reunion slowly uncovers a bond far deeper than friendship—a love born during war but never spoken, never lived.

For more info, visit IFF'S site: https://iffboston.org/series/the-festival/

04/23/2026

TOMORROW AT IFF BOSTON! Wicked Q***r is happy to co-present Maddie's Secret: 9:30PM Tomorrow (April 23rd) at The Brattle.

In MADDIE’S SECRET, essential alt-comedian cm director John Early plays the titular Maddie Ralph, a major foodie who works as a dishwasher at a trendy Los Angeles food content creation company. While her life seems picturesque—she simultaneously conceals a dark past with a severe eating disorder. Knowing her history of self-harm conflicts with the perfect image she puts forth to her followers, she continues to hide her bulimic tendencies from friends and family, even when she begins to relapse. With stunning satire and a pitch-perfect read of the cultural room, Early’s debut is the announcement of a lively and inventive directorial voice.

For more info and tickets, visit IFFBoston's site: https://iffboston.org/series/the-festival/

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